Emma Lyndon-James, Unfiltered

We've all heard of the phrases "self-love" and "self-care". We see it on Instagram posts and stories glamorising facemasks, painting our nails, putting on some makeup, and calling it self-care. In this episode, I'm here to share my opinion and perspective on what self-care really is. Self-love isn't always as simple, but what I want to know is: would you say the negative things you say to yourself to someone you love? I don't think so... So let's talk about it. Tune in to this weeks...

One of my biggest goals in life is to be unapologetically me, a goof, weird, vulnerable and loud when I need to be. Sometimes we start to believe that other people have something to do with our worth. We change parts of ourselves and stray from our unique, perhaps weird qualities to suit whatever makes other people feel comfortable. Yeah, Nah, I don't care to make other people feel comfortable at the expense of my personality anymore. In this episode, I'm talking self-worth, embracing every...

“Sometimes pain submerges until it can find a pathway for expression or resolution.” Shame, guilt, pain, it is all too easy to hide from our trauma, pretend it never happened, close the book and forget. My pain submerged itself deep within me until my heart was ready to grow and learn from it; today, I am here to share that with you. Sexual trauma and abuse are all around us; please listen to my story and be encouraged to open up about your own, embrace your trauma and grow from it. This...

What exactly is a healthy relationship? In this episode, learn a little about my current relationship, our love languages and why it is essential to understand and embrace them in any relationship. I share my perspective on what a healthy relationship should be and what toxic behaviours I had to identify and work on within my relationship. Tune in; this one is deep and personal.

We live in a world where "chubby" isn't always beautiful, a society where the number on the scale equates to a person's worth and people are made to second guess their appearance if it doesn't quite resemble what society says is perfect. I spent years inside my head bullying myself into change, skipping meals because they weren't "healthy enough," and dieting before I was even 13. I had grown up believing that skinny is pretty, and fat was fat. This episode dives into my weight-loss...

As a teenager, modelling was never something I had ever seen myself doing, let alone loving. Growing up, what I saw on TV, in magazines, and on the internet made me believe that only tall, lean, and beautiful people could be models and that modelling would just be something I would never be able to do. In this episode, I talk about how exactly I started modelling, what it has done for my confidence and identity, and some really important advice I have on staying true to who you are while...

DISCLAIMER: Drugs are mentioned and discussed in this episode. Addiction has always been something I have had to deal with in one way or another. For as long as I can remember my parents have hidden from their pain behind drugs. Today, as a 21-year-old woman, I can now understand the choices my parents made when I was a child, the pain they felt, and the escape they so desperately needed. I can understand addiction, and how easy it is to get swept up in something that just makes you feel...

This is one of the most important topics i feel like I will talk about on this podcast, something i'm sure we've all struggled with at one point - how we see our own bodies. In this episode I discuss my experience with bullying, my insecurities with boys and friends in school and all of the advice i would give to my past self.

Normal: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. Do you really want to be normal, what people expect you to be? In this episode, i share my experience with trying to be normal when in reality, normal does not exist.

Welcome, finally. Episode 1 is sweet and short, get to know me, learn a little bit about what I have planned for this podcast and enjoy!